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Knaves will thrive when honest plainness knows not how to live.

James Shirley

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James Shirley
Age: 70 †
Born: 1596
Born: September 1
Died: 1666
Died: October 27
Dramatist
Playwright
Poet
Writer
London
England
Plainness
Knaves
Thrive
Honest
Live
Knavery

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